1 dead as 2-vehicle crash shuts down Highway 105 in Cape Breton

One person has died and two others are injured after two vehicles crashed during heavy rain and high winds on Highway 105 in Victoria County, according to Nova Scotia RCMP.

Police say the incident occurred around 8 a.m.Mondaynear the Cape Breton community of South Haven, shutting down the Trans-Canada Highway between exits 10 and 11.

A 65-year-old man from Inverness, the driver and lone occupant of a car,was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP say two people in a pickup truck were sent to hospital with undetermined injuries.

Highway 105 was temporarily closed in both directions, but reopened to traffic in the afternoon.

Police also said a school bus was involved in a minor, but separate, incident around the same time and place as the two-vehicle crash, but there were no injuries in that case.

The accidentcaused Victoria County council to postpone swearing in the new council.

A ceremony had been planned for 2 p.m. Monday, but the county said it's been postponed until2 p.m. Tuesdaybecause some of the council members could not get past the accident scene.